RocketRalf
Well-known member
Well finally, a couple posts late, here's my proper introduction to the forum, with guitar pics included (if you're here just for the pictures, scroll down and skip the story, I don't mind).
I'm a classically trained musician. I picked up the violin when I was 5, and I've played it ever since. I'm almost 20, so you do the math
. Right now I'm studying for a degree on violin. When I was 15 I got the bug for electric guitars and stuff and decided I'd start by playing the bass, because it had less strings and no odd 3rd interval in the tunnings. Getting acustomed to the 4ths tuning instead of the 5ths was enough of a shore to venture into even more strings. But even then I ended up getting a cheap 5-stringer.
Three years later, after learning how to play it well on my own, finding out that the bass role in the band was not really made for me and getting tired of a cheap instrument, I started on my quest to get the ultimate guitar. I wanted a production guitar, with good bang-to-buck ratio, but with top-notch quality, I was going to buy in on USA and bring it home on a family trip, so I should be able to maintain it and it should be perfectly set up from the store. I also knew that I wanted variety in tones, and good tones. At the time felt like single coils were my thing sound wise, but I knew the virtues of a humbucker for a distorted sound. Also I wanted more of a vintage neck, not those flat horrible Ib*nez things.
After hours lost in the internet reading reviews of dozens of different models, I settled on a MM Silo. I did not try any other guitar, I went into the store that had the only single Silo in stock in all Florida, asked for it, played it for 5 minutes, and I knew everything I had to. 10 minutes later I walked out with my first electric guitar, and I would certainly not complain if it also were my last.
After all that chatter, here's my baby. I did not have a chance to choose the options but I'm still lucky I got an outrageous looking one with tons of attitude.
BTW the serial number is G28918 can I get a DOB? thanks to CS and thanks to everyone at EBMM for such amazing instruments.
I'm a classically trained musician. I picked up the violin when I was 5, and I've played it ever since. I'm almost 20, so you do the math
. Right now I'm studying for a degree on violin. When I was 15 I got the bug for electric guitars and stuff and decided I'd start by playing the bass, because it had less strings and no odd 3rd interval in the tunnings. Getting acustomed to the 4ths tuning instead of the 5ths was enough of a shore to venture into even more strings. But even then I ended up getting a cheap 5-stringer. Three years later, after learning how to play it well on my own, finding out that the bass role in the band was not really made for me and getting tired of a cheap instrument, I started on my quest to get the ultimate guitar. I wanted a production guitar, with good bang-to-buck ratio, but with top-notch quality, I was going to buy in on USA and bring it home on a family trip, so I should be able to maintain it and it should be perfectly set up from the store. I also knew that I wanted variety in tones, and good tones. At the time felt like single coils were my thing sound wise, but I knew the virtues of a humbucker for a distorted sound. Also I wanted more of a vintage neck, not those flat horrible Ib*nez things.
After hours lost in the internet reading reviews of dozens of different models, I settled on a MM Silo. I did not try any other guitar, I went into the store that had the only single Silo in stock in all Florida, asked for it, played it for 5 minutes, and I knew everything I had to. 10 minutes later I walked out with my first electric guitar, and I would certainly not complain if it also were my last.
After all that chatter, here's my baby. I did not have a chance to choose the options but I'm still lucky I got an outrageous looking one with tons of attitude.
BTW the serial number is G28918 can I get a DOB? thanks to CS and thanks to everyone at EBMM for such amazing instruments.
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